101 Ready-to-use Excel Formulas

101 Ready-to-Use Excel Formulas is filled with the most commonly-used, real-world Excel formulas that can be repurposed and put into action, saving you time and increasing your productivity. Each segment of this book outlines a common business or analysis problem that needs to be solved and provides the actual Excel formulas to solve the problem—along with detailed explanation of how the formulas work.

Written in a user-friendly style that relies on a tips and tricks approach, the book details how to perform everyday Excel tasks with confidence. 101 Ready-to-Use Excel Formulas is sure to become your well-thumbed reference to solve your workplace problems. The recipes in the book are structured to first present the problem, then provide the formula solution, and finally show how it works so that it can be customized to fit your needs. The companion website to the book allows readers to easily test the formulas and provides visual confirmation of the concepts presented.

• Teaches you how to implement the required Excel formula
• Explains and details how the formulas work
• Lets you reuse or customize the given formula to address your particular needs
• Helps you make the formulas a regular part of your new, more efficient workflow

Specific real-world scenarios are used to demonstrate how to most effectively apply Excel and its powerful formulas to complete tasks faster and with greater accuracy than ever before. Now you can save time, automate, and be more efficient and productive with 101 Ready-to-Use Excel Formulas.

Michael Alexander is a Microsoft Excel MVP who has written several books on advanced business analysis with Microsoft Access and Excel. Visit him at DataPigTechnologies.com. Dick Kusleika is 12-year Microsoft Excel MVP and the principal contributor at the Daily Dose of Excel blog (www.dailydoseofexcel.com).

John Walkenbach is arguably the foremost authority on Excel. He has written more than 30 books, hundreds of articles on Excel, and he created the award-winning Power Utility Pak.

Chapter 1: Introducing Excel Formulas 5

Chapter 2: Common Mathematical Operations 21

Chapter 3: Manipulating Text with Formulas 37

Chapter 4: Working with Dates and Times 53

Chapter 5: Performing Conditional Analysis 79

Chapter 6: Using Lookup Formulas 103

Chapter 7: Common Business and Financial Formulas 127

Chapter 8: Common Statistical Analyses 157

Chapter 9: Using Formulas with Conditional Formatting 183

Index 205

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